TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Childhood friends David Grandes and Andres Andrade, both originally from Ecuador, started Mimic in 2018 in Brazil as a dark kitchen-as-a-service, specializing in producing food at scale with online channel sales. The funding enables us to round out our product and our teams. We are also moving to be an embedded finance company.”.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

London-based Divido , a white-label platform for retail finance that integrates with e-commerce platforms (but can also support omni-channel) so retailers can offer consumers a “buy now, pay later” option at the point of sale, has bagged a $30 million Series B to fund international expansion. Making sense of Klarna.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Venture capital continues to flow into Latin America at a staggering rate. H Twenty Capital (H20) co-founders Daniel Lloreda and Mauricio Porras recall getting into the region in 2018, a time Lloreda considered pretty early to be the investment space. Why Latin American venture capital is breaking records this year.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Financial infrastructure startup Fidel API has raised $65 million in a Series B funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures. Developers use the company’s tools to power a range of features, including digital receipts, omnichannel attribution, loyalty and rewards, expense management and personal finance management. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In 2018, he and Akintola Adesanmi — who was no stranger to how rent worked in Nigeria and also desired to effect change — brainstormed Spleet , a platform that partners with apartment owners to list their properties and offers renters options to pay rent monthly, quarterly and biannually. monthly to finance rent payments.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2024

Under the Angel Match Program, the NJEDA is the first entity to commit capital to a technology company, leading to other investors who provide matching funds. This fuels the growth for the product-based technology company by increasing the pool of available capital. TLA Innovation, Inc. vipHomeLink, Inc.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Viva Republica, an operator of South Korean finance super app Toss , has finalized a $405 million Series G funding and it says it is now valued at 9.1 Profitability would also go a long in enabling the company — which is eyeing a potential initial public offering in the near term — to do so successfully.) . billion (8.5

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Revolution

JUNE 15, 2023

That financing kicked off a period of accelerated growth for the company — from creating a compelling digital offering to acquiring a company three times its size to scaling to more than 250 locations across the country — that led CAVA to today: its public debut. Now their company is trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This investment came from a consortium of regional investors, including Northstar Group, Alpine Ventures, Patamar Capital, and January Capital. GFC, Money Forward, Alpine Ventures, Patamar Capital, and nine angel investors also contributed to the funding round.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2023

PE becomes an important buyer of companies growing 10-25%, as it did in 2018, driven by lower debt costs. The share of AI-enabled web searches approaches 50% of all consumer search as consumer behavior patterns evolve, especially on mobile. The BTC ETF drives a resurgence in interest in web3 financing.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Participants included existing investors Inspired Capital, M13 and Torch Capital, as well as new investors such as DFJ Growth. “The company is laser-focused on automating the back-office and building the platform to enable ‘self driving’ finance in the enterprise,” said Sam Fort, partner at DFJ Growth.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The funding round was spearheaded by Lion X Ventures and Vickers Venture Partners, with participation from Advanced MedTech and Eckuity Capital. This achievement also enables the miniaturization of the dialysis machine to a size that can be conveniently carried in a small bag.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Austin’s venture capital scene has been hot for years now, but a pair of local investment firms just closed on new funds aimed at injecting more capital into startups in Austin and elsewhere. What is different is that with a larger fund, they can deploy the capital faster than in previous funds, Plauche said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

The company has raised a total of $16 million since its 2018 inception. . Sumutasu says its platform enables users to access a fair house valuation in an hour. . Japan Finance Corporation led the debt financing. million in equity and $1.6 million in debt. and the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Merritt Hummer is a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, where she invests in the fintech, e-commerce and proptech sectors. trillion in sales by 2024 , up from an estimated $680 billion in 2018, according to payments research firm iBe TSD. Merritt Hummer. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

The latest financing brings its total equity raised since inception to about $450 million, with the company raising $100 million across its seed and Series C rounds. million in a seed round of funding that closed in 2018 and was led by ConsenSys Ventures and included participation from SoFi. . million led by Valar Ventures.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 21, 2022

According to Bloomberg, the investment raises Hex Trust’s capitalization to US$300 million, a 10x increase in a year’s time. The Funding Round of Hex Trust Hex Trust, founded in 2018, by Alessio Quaglini, Marc Amez-Droz, and Rafal Czerniawski is best known for its proprietary bank-grade platform, Hex Safe.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

This in turn enables them to collect, send or exchange money in real time without the need for reconciliation and with almost no cost,” Rozic told TechCrunch. The startup also plans to use its new capital to continue to “modernize” the infrastructure of clearinghouses and central banks. Image Credits: Minka. million.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

million that was raised in a seed round led by Brick & Mortar Ventures and First Round Capital – to advance on its effort to “reimagine construction finance.” Accel and Lightrock India co-led the Bengaluru-headquartered startup’s Series C financing round, reports Manish Singh, our man on the ground in the country.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Ghanaian e-logistics startup Jetstream Africa is on the list, and today, it’s announcing that it has secured $13 million in equity and debt pre-Series A financing. . We simplified our business into just the import-export product line by directly them with a combination of trade financing and logistics.”.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. Though RBI will displace some traditional equity VC, its much bigger impact will be to expand the pool of capital available for early-stage entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

The brothers had dreams of finding their own financial freedom through investing in real estate, but didn’t have enough individual capital to go into business alone. “On On that trip, we had our breakthrough, and we realized that together, we can start to pool our capital,” Smith said. The Tribevest dashboard Image Credits: Tribevest.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Founded in 2014, Blossom Finance was first intended for Muslim entrepreneurs in the United States. These factors are proving fertile ground for establishing and growing fintechs that focus exclusively on Islamic finance, offering products and services that follow shariah law. enabling people to buy Bitcoin. out of its 33.6

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

Companies that have high recurring revenue and visibility into future performance — such as SaaS startups — in particular can benefit from debt financings, Alex points out. . The firm has deployed over $60 million in capital to 130 SaaS founders since launching in January 2020, according to Latka. Enter Founderpath.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 19, 2023

It was also participated by AlphaTrio Sustainable Technology Fund, Skystar Capital, Sovereign’s Capital, Ozora, and Gobi Partners. Fintech help SMEs manage their finances and capital with convenience and efficiency. “We are humbled by the overwhelming support from our investors, rural bank partners, and loyal users.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.) Between the heavy hitters at the helm, the more than $1.4B But Quibi has raised $1.4

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

Other investors include TLcom Capital (the sole investor from its $1 million pre-seed round in 2020), newly joined Accenture Ventures and some angel investors. Nigeria is becoming Africa’s unofficial tech capital. based Susa Ventures led this latest tranche of investment. In total, Okra has raised $4.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

Specifically, Petal offers what it describes as “modern” Visa credit cards, along with a mobile app, designed to help people “responsibly” build credit and manage their finances. A majority of consumers approved for Petal credit cards since its 2018 launch had either thin or no credit history when they were first approved, according to Rosen.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2022

From a base of 1,000 sari-sari stores in three cities back in 2018, Growsari has grown to service more than 100,000 stores in over 220 municipalities across Luzon. It also equips it with credit that alleviates working capital constraints and enables entrepreneurs to grow their store operations. “We

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

The company today announced that it raised $25 million in Series B financing led by Zeev Ventures, with participation from M12 (Microsoft’s venture fund) and Vertex Ventures, bringing GrowthSpace’s total raised to $44 million. GrowthSpace was founded in 2018 by Dan Terner, Izhak Kedar and Glass.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2021

Arrington Capital and Cumberland DRW co-led the round, which also included participation from Coinbase Ventures, ParaFi Capital, Signum Capital, CMT Digital, CMS Holdings, Three Commas and a slew of others. The company plans to use its new capital on resources “to ship and test high quality code,” among other things.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

To that effect, CredPal , one of the earliest pioneers of buy now, pay later in Nigeria, has closed a bridge round of $15 million in equity and debt — the latter constituting a very large chunk of the financing — to expand its consumer credit offerings across Africa.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

Existing backers Riverwood Capital, Viking Global Investors and Sunley House Capital also participated in the financing. In 2014, Riverwood Capital and Antonio Soares — who now serves as Dock’s CEO — bought out 100% of Conductor and essentially created the company that is Dock today.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In late May, the startup announced it had raised $35 million in an equity round led by Union Square’s Opportunity Fund, and $30 million in debt funding from Architect Capital. The company plans to use the new capital to speed up its product roadmap and geographic expansion.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In the latest development, Bumpa , one of them which says it is building the infrastructure to power online commerce and enable African small business owners to start, manage and grow their businesses from their mobile devices, has raised a $4 million seed round. . Some include Pastel , Kippa and OZÉ. .

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Angel Capital Association

APRIL 30, 2023

Y/C helped enable this by introducing the Post-Money SAFE in 2018, fixing some of the more egregious problems with SAFEs, principally the lack of transparency about valuations when multiple SAFEs convert to equity. Author: Ronald Weissman , Band of Angels and Vice Chair, Angel Capital Association

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

In 2018, Ignacio Canals, Diego Fleischmann and Benjamin Izikson got the idea for the e-commerce and lending company to provide durable goods, like cars, motorbikes and mobile phones, for gig workers in the Andes region. “We 4 ways to ensure Latin America’s growing pot of capital drives long-term growth.

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